trainchinese
What is trainchinese?
Trainchinese is an education app for learning Chinese. It includes a dictionary with example sentences, measure words, audio, character animations and vocabulary lists, plus Optical Character Recognition for translating text from a photo. Its flash card system offers several training modes, including handwriting comparison against stroke-order animations.
Pricing. Trainchinese is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Students working through HSK or TOCFL vocabulary levels
- Translating Chinese text on a menu, book or sign from a photo
- Practising handwriting and tones with flash cards
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Why this app is in C tier
trainchinese scores 67 out of 100: rating 94, rating count 74, App Store search rank 0, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Learn Chinese with an amazing dictionary (plus OCR) and flash card system. trainchinese will teach you Chinese, with a free and complete dictionary, thousands of vocab lists, example sentences, audio recordings, measure words, character animations and Optical Character Recognition - not to mention a powerful flash card training system that even includes handwriting training! • Our dictionary prioritises commonly-used words and phrases above the obscure and obsolete, while example sentences and measure words (classifiers) provide crucial context to help you decide which Chinese word is the most appropriate translation. Other dictionaries just leave you guessing! • We've got Optical Character Recognition (OCR) too. Spotted some Chinese you can't read? Capture a photo of some Chinese text from a menu, book or sign, and the app identifies and translates the characters for you. • Search for words by part of speech • Mistyped a word? Helpful spelling suggestions get you to the right results fast. • Words feature both example sentences and measure words for nouns. It's time to move beyond "个"! And best of all it's all connected: tap examples and measure words to open them as full
Compare in Chinese Learning
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | C | A | F |
| Score | 67 / 100 | 80 / 100 | 42 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.7 ★ | 4.8 ★ | 4.7 ★ |
| Ratings | 2.3K | 5.7K | 2.2K |
| Last update | 42d ago | 11d ago | 2031d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free download | Free download |
Alternatives
See all 7 ›Where else it ranks
- Best Flashcard Studying AppsD tier, #18, score 67
- Best Dictionary AppsC tier, #25, score 67
- Best Language Learning Appslisted, beyond the tiered top, score 67
Questions about trainchinese
Is the app free?
It is free to download. The listing shows no in-app purchases.
Does it support Traditional Chinese and Taiwanese phonetics?
Yes. It supports Simplified and Traditional variants, and phonetics include Pinyin with tone marks, Pinyin with tone numbers, and Zhuyin (BoPoMoFo).
Can it translate Chinese text from a photo?
Yes. Optical Character Recognition lets you capture a photo of Chinese text from a menu, book or sign, and the app identifies and translates the characters.
Is trainchinese free?
trainchinese is free to download.
What is trainchinese good for?
trainchinese is built for students working through HSK or TOCFL vocabulary levels, translating chinese text on a menu, book or sign from a photo, practising handwriting and tones with flash cards. It sits in the chinese learning list on AppTierList.
Is trainchinese worth it?
trainchinese is C tier, ranked #7 of 8 chinese learning apps with a score of 67 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 2,337 ratings. 6 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does trainchinese compare to iHuman Chinese?
trainchinese is C tier at 67; iHuman Chinese is A tier at 80. iHuman Chinese ranks higher. trainchinese is free to download, iHuman Chinese is free to download.
How often is trainchinese updated?
trainchinese was updated 42 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- List
- Chinese Learning
- Tier
- C (Situational)
- Score
- 67 / 100
- Rank in list
- #7 of 8
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 2,337
- Current version
- (42 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Education
- Good for
- Students working through HSK or TOCFL vocabulary levels, Translating Chinese text on a menu, book or sign from a photo, Practising handwriting and tones with flash cards
- Requires
- iOS 16.6 or later
- Size
- 328 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 5
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed